The Silver Bullet Band:
- Bob Seger: Vocals, guitar, composer (A1, A2, A4, A5, B2-B4), mixing, producer
- Drew Abbott: Guitars
- Robin Robbins: Keyboards
- Alto Reed: Horns
- Chris Campbell: Bass
- David Teegarden: Drums, percussion

The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section:
- Barry Beckett: Keyboards
- Pete Carr: Lead guitar
- Jimmy Johnson: Rhythm guitar
- David Hood: Bass
- Roger Hawkins: Drums, percussion

Additional Musicians:
- Glenn Frey: Guitar solo (A4)
- Don Felder: Guitar solo (B1)
- Bill Payne: Piano (A1), organ (A1)
- Doug Riley: Piano (A5, B3)

Background Singers:
- Venetta Fields: Background singer (A2, B2)
- Clydie King: Background singer (A2, B2)
- Sherlie Matthews: Background singer (A2, B2)
- Julia Waters: Background singer (A1)
- Maxine Waters: Background singer (A1)
- Luther Waters: Background singer (A1)
- Oren Waters: Background singer (A1)
- Brandye: Background singer (A2, B3)
- James Lavell Easley: Background singer (A3)
- Stanley Carter: Background singer (A3)
- George Jackson: Background singer (A3), composer (A3)

- Jim Ed Norman: Strings arrangements, conduction

- Thomas Jones: Composer (A3)
- Frankie Miller: Composer (B1)

- Punch Andrews: Mixing, producer (*)
- Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section: Producer (**)
- John Arrias: Engineer, mixing
- Gregg Hamm: Engineer
- Steve Melton: Engineer
- David Cole: Engineer
- Mark Calice: Engineer
- Hugh Davies: Engineer
- George Tutko: Engineer
- Wally Traugott: Mastering
- Capitol Records Studios, Hollywood, Cal.: Recording, mixing and mastering studio
- Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles, Cal.: Recording and mixing studio
- Criteria Sound Studios, Miami, Fla.: Recording studio
- Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, Sheffield, Ala.: Recording studio
- Sound Suite Studios ,Detroit, MI: Recording studio

- Roy Kohara: Art direction
- Ken Anderson: Design
- Bob Siedemann: Cover photography
- Terry Luke: Liner photography, insert photography
- Terry Bert: Liner photography